that's not an insult. i promise. see, i married a nerd. therefore, i must love nerds. and if i love nerds, and you are nerd, then i must love you.
anyway.
i want to put my pic on my profile here in bloggerland, but have no idea what they mean when they ask for my photo url. who is this url? he must be dumb. he mispelled his own name. stupid url. url has to die. 'lil dixie chick moment for ya. oh wait.. are they still public outcasts since their humiliating moment of Bush-bashing? if so, and if it offends you that i apparently support them by merely mentioning them in my blog, well, then you are entirely too sensitive.
all that to say:
put my pic on my profile, please
peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
peter piper put my pic on my profile, please.
ha.
i just love a good tongue twister.
hope you enjoyed the randomness of this crazy blog.
time for spaghetti.
bye
Wednesday, July 28
Monday, July 26
just kidding
turns out the people living in the apartment i showed you in my last post decided not to move. so we had to go down yet again (our third day) to indy and spend a mind-frying several hours navigating those city streets until we found this. As of yesterday, Beechmill Apartments in Southern Indianapolis will be the new place of Zapf residence. it's really quite secluded and very beautiful. if you find yourself exploring the above link, we have the 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bathroom floorplan with the living room extension. we're on the second floor (there are only two floors) and our balony looks out into some trees. and just beyond the trees, i have my very own jehovah's witness center. you wish you were so lucky. well, anyway, we're moving the third week in august, so if you're free... and have a big truck... just kidding. it doesn't matter what size your truck is. :-D wish i could tell you more, but the library closes at five and i still have bills to pay online. i was serious about the helping with the moving though.. it would be an excellent excuse to come see me!!
Saturday, July 24
Friday, July 16
my response to nancy reagan
she has a plea.
have you heard it?
stem cell research could have saved her husband.
yes, nancy, your husband was a great man.
but he lived a full life.
is it worth it to steal a life from one
barely begun
with so many possibilities
yet unfound
to save another
who has already had his fill
on this world's joy and sorrow?
think on this.
what if the next baby you kill
had within his destiny
the cure
have you heard it?
stem cell research could have saved her husband.
yes, nancy, your husband was a great man.
but he lived a full life.
is it worth it to steal a life from one
barely begun
with so many possibilities
yet unfound
to save another
who has already had his fill
on this world's joy and sorrow?
think on this.
what if the next baby you kill
had within his destiny
the cure
Thursday, July 15
i spoke with an angel today
she wanted laundry soap.
she wanted to know me.
she wanted to reassure me.
she gave me strength to hope in God.
there are times when i really really don't like working at the country inn.
then there are times like today. i was working housekeeping, and my boss wanted me to watch the desk for a bit. so i obeyed, like a faithful little servant-girl and was rewarded by the nicest stranger
coming and making conversation with me over the purchase of Tide. then i saw her again in the hallway and she again stopped to talk with me, asking if i went to taylor. i explained i had graduated, and she asked what major (el.ed.) and where i was looking for jobs. that's when
the eternal torment of my undecided future came into the conversation. i explained how i didn't know the city where we would live six weeks from now. i explained how i didn't know if we could afford to live with josh in grad school. i guess, in general, i explained my frustration in the lack of control i had over my life. she stopped, looked at me, and said the most calming and reassuring thing she could have at that point in time. 'when i saw your smile, and observed your attitude, and heard you went to taylor, i know you were a Christian who was solid. this is a time you need to trust God. if you can get thru this time of trust and leaning on Him to direct your path, think of how you can use that experience to teach others, especially your students.' maybe it didn't go exactly like that, but that's the gist of it. nobody had ever told me that they knew i was a Christian from the way i acted, but it has always been a deep untold, and i suppose selfish and self-centered desire. nevertheless, when i heard it today, combined with her message of hope and faith, it was the right time and place. the rest of the day, my heart was filled with a peace i cannot explain. i felt a hope deep inside my chest that burned with an unquenchable fire.
that experience alone was enough to praise God for the rest of my life.
then i came home.
turns out God remembers birthdays.
(josh's was yesterday.)
he got a late present.
an assitantship!
we're going to indy!!!
:-D
she wanted to know me.
she wanted to reassure me.
she gave me strength to hope in God.
there are times when i really really don't like working at the country inn.
then there are times like today. i was working housekeeping, and my boss wanted me to watch the desk for a bit. so i obeyed, like a faithful little servant-girl and was rewarded by the nicest stranger
coming and making conversation with me over the purchase of Tide. then i saw her again in the hallway and she again stopped to talk with me, asking if i went to taylor. i explained i had graduated, and she asked what major (el.ed.) and where i was looking for jobs. that's when
the eternal torment of my undecided future came into the conversation. i explained how i didn't know the city where we would live six weeks from now. i explained how i didn't know if we could afford to live with josh in grad school. i guess, in general, i explained my frustration in the lack of control i had over my life. she stopped, looked at me, and said the most calming and reassuring thing she could have at that point in time. 'when i saw your smile, and observed your attitude, and heard you went to taylor, i know you were a Christian who was solid. this is a time you need to trust God. if you can get thru this time of trust and leaning on Him to direct your path, think of how you can use that experience to teach others, especially your students.' maybe it didn't go exactly like that, but that's the gist of it. nobody had ever told me that they knew i was a Christian from the way i acted, but it has always been a deep untold, and i suppose selfish and self-centered desire. nevertheless, when i heard it today, combined with her message of hope and faith, it was the right time and place. the rest of the day, my heart was filled with a peace i cannot explain. i felt a hope deep inside my chest that burned with an unquenchable fire.
that experience alone was enough to praise God for the rest of my life.
then i came home.
turns out God remembers birthdays.
(josh's was yesterday.)
he got a late present.
an assitantship!
we're going to indy!!!
:-D
Saturday, July 3
lost forever
i had a huge long updated post and was almost finished when... ie went poopy. grrrrrr. send error report?! i'll send an error report! right up your... er... nose.
now it's lost forever. nothing is ever done with the same gusto, expression, ferver, excitement, or manner as the first.
so i apologize, but this is going to be dull, dry, and boring.
first off. sorry i haven't been online for a month. i told you i can't be on my boss's computer, but recent developments have prohibited me from partaking in domestic internet experiences as well. our neighbors, with whom we have been sharing wireless internet, moved one apartment over, placing too much space and too many walls in between their antenae and our laptop. so we no longer get any service.
"so how am i online right now?" you ask? nevermind.
second off. josh didn't get a math assitantship at purdue in west lafayette. so if iupui gives us any help at all, we'll be in indianapolis for the next 4 years. i'm not sure i like that, to be brutally honest. i'm petrified of large cities. by the way, i found out the correct way to pronounce the name of that school. turns out it's oo-ee-poo-ee. not I-U-P-U-I. say it with me. oo-ee-poo-ee. that's right
what else did i have to say..?
oh, i'm leaving for michigan right after work today (after i pack, assuming josh hasn't done that... cuz he hasn't... cuz he's a boy.) we're going to be staying at the foso house in holland until monday. fun times! and i made cookies.*
uuuhhhmmmmm....
i got to play computer technician at work yesterday. i got paid to sit back here and search & destroy 222 spywares and adwares and 1 virus, thus increasing processing speed tenfold. then today, on the computer upfront, i installed more recent virus software (they had mcafee '96!) and solved 462 more viral issues. so far i've held every position here except manager. and i still haven't gotten a raise. that's right, front desk, common area/laundry housekeeper, real-honest-to-goodness-cleanin-rooms housekeeper, computer technician... honestly. i don't care if they do catch me on this stupid computer... they can't afford to loose such a valuable asset as myself.
well, it's time to end the shift.
sorry that was so dry, boring, and dull.
i have the hiccups.
josh just called - he's actually packing!!
beth
*don't use black pans when baking cookies. turns out 9 minutes burns cookies on black pans.
now it's lost forever. nothing is ever done with the same gusto, expression, ferver, excitement, or manner as the first.
so i apologize, but this is going to be dull, dry, and boring.
first off. sorry i haven't been online for a month. i told you i can't be on my boss's computer, but recent developments have prohibited me from partaking in domestic internet experiences as well. our neighbors, with whom we have been sharing wireless internet, moved one apartment over, placing too much space and too many walls in between their antenae and our laptop. so we no longer get any service.
"so how am i online right now?" you ask? nevermind.
second off. josh didn't get a math assitantship at purdue in west lafayette. so if iupui gives us any help at all, we'll be in indianapolis for the next 4 years. i'm not sure i like that, to be brutally honest. i'm petrified of large cities. by the way, i found out the correct way to pronounce the name of that school. turns out it's oo-ee-poo-ee. not I-U-P-U-I. say it with me. oo-ee-poo-ee. that's right
what else did i have to say..?
oh, i'm leaving for michigan right after work today (after i pack, assuming josh hasn't done that... cuz he hasn't... cuz he's a boy.) we're going to be staying at the foso house in holland until monday. fun times! and i made cookies.*
uuuhhhmmmmm....
i got to play computer technician at work yesterday. i got paid to sit back here and search & destroy 222 spywares and adwares and 1 virus, thus increasing processing speed tenfold. then today, on the computer upfront, i installed more recent virus software (they had mcafee '96!) and solved 462 more viral issues. so far i've held every position here except manager. and i still haven't gotten a raise. that's right, front desk, common area/laundry housekeeper, real-honest-to-goodness-cleanin-rooms housekeeper, computer technician... honestly. i don't care if they do catch me on this stupid computer... they can't afford to loose such a valuable asset as myself.
well, it's time to end the shift.
sorry that was so dry, boring, and dull.
i have the hiccups.
josh just called - he's actually packing!!
beth
*don't use black pans when baking cookies. turns out 9 minutes burns cookies on black pans.
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